{"id":247107,"date":"2025-07-08T04:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T04:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/247107\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T04:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T04:49:10","slug":"talented-teens-to-world-premiere-their-own-play-at-edinburgh-festival-fringe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/247107\/","title":{"rendered":"Talented teens to world premiere their own play at Edinburgh Festival Fringe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of talented Hampshire teenagers will be the youngest performers on the line up at this year&#8217;s Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a play they have written and composed themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The 13 to 17-year-olds, all pupils at Embley in Romsey, have secured a coveted place on the programme next month with Wilde, which tells the untold story of Constance, the wife of Oscar.<\/p>\n<p>Wilde\u00a0is a labour of love; written, composed and performed by the gifted group of drama students, who have worked hard on the huge project to put on a world premiere after forming the T\u00edr na n\u00d3g Theatre Company.<\/p>\n<p>(Image: Embley)<strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyecho.co.uk\/news\/25293707.best-new-musical-award-winner-coming-southampton-stage-2027\/?rel=cl_mra\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Best New Musical award winner coming to Southampton stage in 2027;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Best New Musical award winner coming to Southampton stage in 2027<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A captivating new musical,\u00a0Wilde\u00a0is a\u00a0tale of courage, loyalty and love,\u00a0revealing the resilience of the incredible woman who stood alongside one of literature\u2019s greats, and the scandal that destroyed them both.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by Franny Moyle\u2019s 2011 biography of Constance Wilde, the young members of the <a href=\"http:\/\/dailyecho.co.uk\/leisure\/stage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:theatre;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">theatre<\/a> company felt compelled to present Constance\u2019s unique tale as their debut Fringe performance.<\/p>\n<p>With support from Oscar and Constance Wilde\u2019s only grandchild, Merlin Holland, and the wider Wilde estate, they have developed a moving and honest portrayal of an extraordinary woman that is sure to delight Fringe audiences this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The intimate portrayal of Constance is brought to life through poignant songs and rich storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>For three weeks in August, Edinburgh welcomes an explosion of creative energy from around the globe in the world&#8217;s largest arts festival.<\/p>\n<p>Artists and performers present shows that span many genres including cabaret, children&#8217;s shows, comedy, dance, physical theatre, circus, music, musicals, opera and theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for more than 3,000 shows &#8211; everything from gripping play Monstering the Rocketman which pits Elton John against the tabloids to Motorhome Marilyn, a dark comedy in which Michelle Collins makes her Fringe debut as Norma Jean Baker &#8211; are now available.<\/p>\n<p>The 55 minute performance of Wilde will be shown at\u00a0theSpace @ Niddry St from Friday August 1 to Saturday August 9 at 11.05am each day.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are on sale now from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edfringe.com\/tickets\/whats-on\/wilde\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:edfringe.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">edfringe.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A group of talented Hampshire teenagers will be the youngest performers on the line up at this year&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,84674,95735,1102,31356,93764,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-247107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-constance","10":"tag-constance-wilde","11":"tag-edinburgh","12":"tag-edinburgh-festival-fringe","13":"tag-fringe","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114815812487539930","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}